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[mick brown]

but if that’s the case it would be the same in both directions, no? the virus doesn’t cut about in the atmosphere by itself. it’s in droplets of body excretions.

Larger droplets from you if you sneeze or cough which the cotton mask should catch. It's all about limiting the projected spread from the sneeze etc. For example, maybe only going through the mask and travelling 6ft before dropping to the ground. An "unmasked" sneeze can travel over 30ft .

 

[Deleted member 58360]

They stop the person wearing them spraying saliva everywhere that's about it for protection
That is why medical staff wear mask and visor.
Even that won't guarantee keeping it out.
Only NBC suits will lol

An NBC suit won't guarantee keeping it out unfortunately, at least not a military one...

A properly applied hazmat suit with a sealed air supply, yes, that'll work. But then you'll need a decon unit to remove it while maintaining ~100% protection.

But anything has been demonstrated to be more effective than nothing, especially in conjunction with other measures - any face covering plus: look with your eyes not your hands, clean/sanitised hands, don't put your hands on your face, don't kick random strangers, etc. It all helps (more or less).

And in a surgical setting, the mask is to protect the patient, a visor is to protect the wearer (from splashes etc having direct contact with open mucous membranes).

 

[mick brown]

An NBC suit won't guarantee keeping it out unfortunately, at least not a military one...

A properly applied hazmat suit with a sealed air supply, yes, that'll work. But then you'll need a decon unit to remove it while maintaining ~100% protection.

But anything has been demonstrated to be more effective than nothing, especially in conjunction with other measures - any face covering plus: look with your eyes not your hands, clean/sanitised hands, don't put your hands on your face, don't kick random strangers, etc. It all helps (more or less).

And in a surgical setting, the mask is to protect the patient, a visor is to protect the wearer (from splashes etc having direct contact with open mucous membranes).

An NBC suit is generally worn with rubber gloves (tight over the wrist/forearm) and rubber over boots tied tight over lower leg. It is designed to be used in a chemical environment and to keep nuclear dust particles out. The activated charcoal layer should absorb the offending substance if it made it past the outer layer. Coupled with a respirator it is very effective.
I'd trust it against the poxy covid virus.
[emoji6] [emoji38] I wouldn't wear it to tesco though

 

[Deleted member 58360]

An NBC suit is generally worn with rubber gloves (tight over the wrist/forearm) and rubber over boots tied tight over lower leg. It is designed to be used in a chemical environment and to keep nuclear dust particles out. The activated charcoal layer should absorb the offending substance if it made it past the outer layer. Coupled with a respirator it is very effective.
I'd trust it against the poxy covid virus.
[emoji6] [emoji38] I wouldn't wear it to tesco though

It'd be more effective than a flowery t-shirt and bermuda shorts certainly, but not 100% and not indefinitely (they still have a use life measured in hours, no? The carbon layer becomes saturated and breaks down, etc) Then even if you wear one, you have the external contamination issue when it comes to removal.

But in terms of practical risk reduction (i.e. not wearing a full suit) a mask+ is still better than nothing. It's somewhat comparable to vaping is better than smoking.

The thing that makes masks ineffective (and in some cases actually worse than nothing) is improper use and the "I'm wearing a mask, I'm bulletproof" mentality. That and a beard.

 

["Misfit"]

and there will be folks wearing the same disposable mask for weeks.

 

[Deleted member 58360]

and there will be folks wearing the same disposable mask for weeks.

Oh yeah, "it still looks clean, I'll keep using it" - that doesn't work either...

Edit: although that does come under the "improper use" heading.

 

[wraith]

Getting mine on Monday.

Other half is high risk with a compromised immune system. She has to rely on other people doing what they can to reduce infection rates because if she catches it there is a good chance she won't survive it.

 

[zouzounaki]

Larger droplets from you if you sneeze or cough which the cotton mask should catch. It's all about limiting the projected spread from the sneeze etc. For example, maybe only going through the mask and travelling 6ft before dropping to the ground. An "unmasked" sneeze can travel over 30ft .

aye, i get that. what i find hard to believe is that it doesn’t reduce inhaled droplets.

 

[mick brown]

It'd be more effective than a flowery t-shirt and bermuda shorts certainly, but not 100% and not indefinitely (they still have a use life measured in hours, no? The carbon layer becomes saturated and breaks down, etc) Then even if you wear one, you have the external contamination issue when it comes to removal.

But in terms of practical risk reduction (i.e. not wearing a full suit) a mask+ is still better than nothing. It's somewhat comparable to vaping is better than smoking.

The thing that makes masks ineffective (and in some cases actually worse than nothing) is improper use and the "I'm wearing a mask, I'm bulletproof" mentality. That and a beard.

I've worn NBC suit's for day's at a time so think I'm aware of the effectiveness !
As for the mask wearing public you're absolutely correct. Most people don't wear them properly. Fidget with them and don't have them covering their nose. As you say though, better than nothing.
I still wear one in shop's.

 

[mick brown]

aye, i get that. what i find hard to believe is that it doesn’t reduce inhaled droplets.

I'm no expert in the matter, just going on what I've read but I suppose it stops large particles but smaller one's pass through.